Yes, McCain is old school on our military force, doesn’t quite get that intelligence and IT are force multipliers. That is a big paradigm shift and some old schoolers have a hard time accepting it.
McCain has stood strong for our troops and this is one big difference between him and Hillary. Although Guiliani always said it best about the difficulties in the WOT: He always blamed the terrorists, while McCain blamed Rummy and Bush. That kind of discussion from McCain really angers me and I have sent him several emails regarding it.
None-the-less, if the choise is between Hillary/Obama and McCain/Thompson (or some other real conservative) I will vote for McCain over the beast.
I would expect if the troops were polled: Hillary or McCain, they would come down on the side of McCain. But that is just a guess on my part.
Standing strong in my book, for the troops, would include backing their commander in chief and by default the SoD.
McCain says he’s a leader.
He’s a bully.